“When you look at the greats, you know, from Pryor, Murphy, Cosby, the list can go on and on, they get so personable. Here’s what he has to say about laughing at his own personal pain:
Now for some words from Kevin Hart himself, as he opened up to an interviewer for AMC Theatres, which is showing Laugh At My Pain at its locations nationwide. Roll it.Īfter close to an hour, we leave the stage for a short film in which Hart and his friends imagine themselves as some sort of Reservoir Dogs bank heist, and it lasts so long, I wanted to scream “Pineapples!” at the screen.īut it’s all saved by the final scene and the credits, which you should stay through til the end.
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Oh, and did you know Hart was on the Philadelphia swimming team that was profiled in the movie Pride? Before he learned to swim, things didn’t go so well with his dad. Here is a clip in which Hart talks about how his uncle overreacted to his mom’s death. And the divorce has him wanting to be a better dad to his children than his own father, and after several act-out bits, you’ll be left thinking: “Alright, alright, alright!” There’s also a story about his Cousin Al, who has found Jesus, but still managed to ruin his mother’s funeral.
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Hart’s professional success is offset by personal setbacks: He jokes about going through a divorce and taking the important things, such as the headboard from the bed. “He said, ‘Who are you?” That led him to Dave Attell, who led him to manager Dave Becky.įast-forward to the stand-up. Nobody want to put the work in!”Ī 15-minute segment before we hear Hart’s latest jokes, we follow him through the streets of Philadelphia and talk to the comedians who were there at the beginning of his career, from Tu Rae’s open mic night at the Laff House, to the wise advice of Keith Robinson, who prompted Hart to re-examine his early act. As Hart leads a pre-show chant near the film’s beginning, “Everybody want to be famous. Well, it’s not just a stand-up concert film, nor is it just a documentary tracing back Hart’s steps to his native Philadelphia and family. But Hart may have Louis CK as much to thank for getting Laugh at My Pain into movie theaters, as CK’s Hilarious preceded him by a year in cinemas, and as they both share the same management.Īlthough a plaque acknowledging four million sales of Hart’s 2010 DVD, Seriously Funny, certainly gave him and his backers enough evidence that hey, what’s 4 million multiplied by the price of a movie ticket?īut what about the finished product they’re paying to see?
Kevin Hart cites Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor, Martin Lawrence and The Kings of Comedy as his inspiration for bringing his latest stand-up effort to the big screen as a concert film.
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